FAYETTEVILLE - Emily Sue Hobgood Phillips, 93, of Fayetteville passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

Sue was a co-partner in Hobgood Jones & Associates, realtors. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, serving as a Sunday School teacher and leader of many committees and organizations. Sue was a member of the Fayetteville, State and National Association of Realtors where she held offices on various levels. She was a former board member of Southeastern Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Sue was preceded in death by her husbands, Linwood Truett Hobgood, Sr. and Lt. Colonel John Roland Phillips; daughter, Carolyn Sue Hobgood; son-in-law, Bill Ellington; sisters, Inez Mann and Celia Biggs.

The family will receive friends in Williamson Hall at First Baptist Church from 1:30 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017. Funeral services will follow in the sanctuary with burial in Cross Creek Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughters, Kathryn H. Clark (Kirk) of Whiteville; Martha H. Elllington of Raleigh; sons, Linwood T. Hobgood, Jr. (Ann) of Fayetteville; G. Sam Hobgood (Lynn) of Cedar Grove; Richard H. Hobgood of Wilmington; J. Bryan Hobgood (Helen) of Lillington; step-daughter, Martha P. Jessup (P.W.) of Fayetteville; step-son, John R. Phillips (Pattie) of Greensboro; sister, Eloise Betts (Fulton) of Raleigh; grandchildren, Haley Brendle, Dr. Trey Clark, Brandon Clark, Blair Perry, Adam Hobgood, Dr. Hunter Hobgood, Sammy Hobgood, Emmet Hobgood, Victoria Hobgood, Emily Hobgood, Sarah June Hobgood; step-grandchildren, Lance Jessup, Caroline Cash, Lisa Derrick; and six great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to First Baptist Church, 201 Anderson St., Fayetteville, N.C., 28301.